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TROPICAL STORM ERIKA FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER   7
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL082003
0900Z SAT AUG 16 2003
 
A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM BROWNSVILLE TO BAFFIN BAY
TEXAS AND ALSO FROM LA PESCA MEXICO NORTHWARD TO THE U.S. BORDER.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NORTH OF BAFFIN BAY
TO PORT O'CONNOR.
 
TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 25.5N  97.0W AT 16/0900Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  15 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE WEST OR 265 DEGREES AT  16 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE  991 MB
EYE DIAMETER  15 NM
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  60 KT WITH GUSTS TO  75 KT.
50 KT....... 35NE   0SE   0SW   0NW.
34 KT.......100NE  40SE  40SW  90NW.
12 FT SEAS..120NE  60SE  60SW 120NW.
WINDS AND SEAS VARY GREATLY IN EACH QUADRANT.  RADII IN NAUTICAL
MILES ARE THE LARGEST RADII EXPECTED ANYWHERE IN THAT QUADRANT.
 
REPEAT...CENTER LOCATED NEAR 25.5N  97.0W AT 16/0900Z
AT 16/0600Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 25.6N  96.2W
 
FORECAST VALID 16/1800Z 25.3N  99.3W...INLAND
MAX WIND  40 KT...GUSTS  50 KT.
34 KT...100NE   0SE   0SW  25NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 17/0600Z 25.5N 102.0W...INLAND
MAX WIND  25 KT...GUSTS  35 KT.
 
FORECAST VALID 17/1800Z 26.0N 104.5W...INLAND
MAX WIND  20 KT...GUSTS  25 KT.
 
FORECAST VALID 18/0600Z...DISSIPATED
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 25.5N  97.0W
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 16/1500Z
 
FORECASTER LAWRENCE
 
 
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